The Great Wave off Kanagawa print of painting famouse artwork by Katsushika Hokusai fine art decoration of wood block art

The image depicts an enormous wave threatening boats off the coast of the town of Kanagawa the present-day city of Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. While sometimes assumed to be a tsunami, the wave is more likely to be a large rogue wave.  As in all the prints in the series, it depicts the area around Mount Fuji under particular conditions, and the mountain itself appears in the background.